Today we started our kayak trip from Fort Gaines to the Gulf. We packed our car last night, but we put the finishing touches on this morning and headed off about 7:30. We drove through thunderstorms all morning during the drive to Fort Gaines. Right when we arrived the clouds parted and we didn't have a drop for the rest of the day! It took us a full hour and a half to get the kayaks packed and ready to go. About 130 we pushed off. The kayaks are a little bit more cumbersome than expected, but overall they have performed pretty well. The only complaint that we have is that the river is not helping us out at all-it's moving incredibly slowly. So, the 13 miles we paddled this afternoon were powered solely by us, which was somewhat tiring.
We were able to fish along the way by trolling Rapalas behind the boat. I caught small 2 spotted bass (one of which we just ate for desert after quesadillas) and one 5ish pound striper. Ben caught a nice 3.5ish pound bass as well. We didn't even fish the last two hours of paddling because we wanted to make sure we made camp with enough light (which we did).
We saw two gators, one of which was one of the biggest I've ever seen at around 10 to 12 feet and wider than our kayak. Luckily they were very spooky and ran off. We also saw two deer and countless birds.
Tomorrow we go through the George Andrews Dam. We had pretty much no service the whole time we were on the river so I hope that the dam can still lock us through. It will be a pain to carry our kayaks around if not.
We got some pretty good footage today but were unable to interview anyone. We talked to some very nice fishermen however who gave us advice on some fishing spots.
We are sitting under the stars right now on the beach and talking about our next day. We think tomorrow will be a pretty long day as we need to make up for our somewhat shorter day today.
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